M204.0189
M204.0189 File is not sorted
An SFL$ or SFGE$ clause is found in a FIND statement or in the selection specification of the IFFIND function. Because a non-sorted file is opened as the default file, the clause is illegal. In User Language, compilation continues but the request is not executed. IFFIND returns a return code of 4.
Response: Do one of the following:
- Make a single sorted file the default and retry.
- Change the FIND statement or IFFIND argument that produced the error.
- Have the file manager recreate the file as a sorted file.
File manager response: Consider recreating and re initializing this file as a sorted file.
Message attributes:
| RETCODEO=0 | Sets online return code |
|---|---|
| RETCODEB=4 | Sets batch (single user) return code |
| CLASS=E | Error class; the message can be suppressed with the X'04' bit setting of the MSGCTL parameter |
| AUDITER | Writes the message with line type ER to the audit trail |
| COUNT | Increments the error count (ERCNT) parameter |
| ECHO | Displays the line that caused the error |
| COMPILE | Compilation error |